Government minister Shahid Malik was unable to produce receipts or a rental agreement to back up his claims that he was not renting out his constituency home at a preferential rate, it has been disclosed.

Fresh questions were being asked today about the parliamentary expenses of government minister Shahid Malik after it was reported he claimed at least £6,500 for a second office alongside his taxpayer-funded constituency office.

Justice minister Shahid Malik has insisted he will not be giving thousands of pounds in expenses back to the authorities, despite claiming £2,600 for a home cinema system and £730 for a "massage chair".

MP Shahid Malik says UK Muslims feel under siege A minister has warned that many British Muslims feel “like the Jews of Europe”. Dewsbury MP Shahid Malik, who is a minister in the Department for International Development, made it clear he was not comparing the situation experienced by Muslims to the plight of Jews during […]

Four people charged with the murder of Amar Aslam Community and church leaders have come together to mark the death of 17-year-old Amar Aslam at the spot where he was found battered to death in a park. Local MP Shahid Malik and the Bishop of Wakefield, the Right Reverend Stephen Platten, both praised the way […]

Amar Aslam A 13-year-old boy described today how he found the battered body of teenager Amar Aslam in a park after people bragged about “jumping a boy”, stamping on his head and leaving him dead. James Taylor told how he performed emergency first aid on the 17-year-old in the walled garden of the park in […]

Amar Aslam’s body was found in Crow Nest Park, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire Six people are in custody after being arrested in connection with the death of teenager Amar Aslam in the walled garden of a park. The battered body of 17-year-old Amar was discovered by two passers-by in Crow Nest Park in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, […]

Amar Aslam Six people, including five children, were being questioned in custody today about the death of teenager Amar Aslam in the walled garden of a park. The battered body of 17-year-old Amar was discovered by two passers-by in Crow Nest Park in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, on Sunday evening. Officers arrested two boys aged 12 […]

Amar Aslam’s body was found in Crow Nest Park, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire An MP has called for “a change in society” after the brutal killing of a teenager in a park near his home. Speaking after police made a series of arrests in connection with the murder of 17-year-old Amar Aslam, Dewsbury MP Shahid Malik […]

Amar Aslam A teenager who was beaten to death in a park may have been the latest victim of warring gangs. Amar Aslam died of head injuries after a sustained and brutal attack, police said. Whether the 17-year-old died at the hands of a gang was still being investigated, they added, but three people have […]

Police and forensic officers at Crow Nest Park, Dewsbury Three suspects are being quizzed by police after a teenager was beaten to death in a park in Dewsbury. Two 15-year-old boys and a 20-year-old man have been arrested and are being questioned by West Yorkshire Police in connection with the death of Amar Aslam. The […]

George Osborne did not fully declare donations to his office The Tories have been accused of hypocrisy over party funding after it emerged shadow chancellor George Osborne had not fully declared donations to his office. The Conservative Party has used almost £500,000 of funding to support Mr Osborne’s office – at the specific request of […]

Muslim teaching assistant Aishah Azmi has lost her appeal A Muslim teaching assistant has lost her appeal against an employment tribunal’s decision that not being allowed to wear a veil in the classroom was not discrimination. Aishah Azmi, 24, was suspended on full pay after staff at Headfield Church of England junior school in Dewsbury, […]

Aishah Azmi was suspended and later sacked in veil row A Muslim teaching assistant who was suspended and later sacked for refusing to remove her veil in the classroom is due to appeal against a tribunal decision which supported her school’s action. Aishah Azmi, 24, was suspended on full pay after staff at Headfield Church […]

Amjad Hussain, Britain’s highest ranking Muslim naval officer What do the singer Yusuf Islam, a rear admiral in the Royal Navy, a senior figure in the Metropolitan Police and the Secretary General of Amnesty International have in common? They share the Muslim faith and are featured on the top 100 list of the most influential […]

A primary school has sparked fury after banning a children’s Christmas function and replacing it with a ‘Winter Party’. Parents were amazed to receive a letter from Hill View school in Bournemouth saying the word ‘Christmas’ would offend people so the event name had been changed. The note even wished everyone a ‘very happy holiday’. […]